Vivid Seats

HQ
Chicago
Total Offices: 2
600 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2001

Vivid Seats Leadership & Management

Vivid Seats Employee Reviews

Vivid Seats empowers its engineers to drive technical product decisions. Being given the freedom to work with new technologies at scale while having support from leaders pushes me to become a better engineer.

Lauren M.
Lauren M., Sr. Software Engineer
Lauren M., Sr. Software Engineer

What People Are Saying About Vivid Seats

  • Strategic Vision & Planning: Leadership communications consistently outline a focused plan to streamline the structure, emphasize operating efficiency, and drive app‑led growth. The direction is repeated across earnings remarks and releases, tying product focus to a clearer operating model.
  • Purposeful Goal Setting: The company sets concrete near‑term yardsticks with explicit 2026 GOV and EBITDA ranges. Leaders reiterate these targets and frame sequential progress as evidence the plan is taking hold.
  • Decisive Leadership: Management executed structural simplifications and expanded cost reductions to a larger savings run‑rate. Actions like ending the dual‑class structure and TRA alongside tighter spend are positioned to streamline governance and cash flow.

Vivid Seats's Benefits

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Hosts in-person all-hands meetings

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility